Sunday, February 7, 2016

UAE Has Become The Latest Country Willing To Send Ground Forces Into Syria

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Gargash has said the UAE would send troops to fight ISIL. Christopher Pike / The National

Gulf News: UAE backs sending ground troops to fight Daesh

Campaign against terror group has to include genuine political process and a ground force, minister says

Abu Dhabi: The UAE said on Sunday it backs sending ground troops as part of an international coalition to fight against Daesh, a top official said yesterday.

“Our position throughout has been that a real campaign against Daesh has to include genuine political process [in Iraq] and a ground force,” Dr Anwar Mohammad Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said at a news conference in Abu Dhabi.

Dr Gargash ruled out the possibility of sending large number of troops. “We are not talking about thousands of troops. We are talking of troops to lead the operation. And we are talking of troops to train.”

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More News On The UAE Backing The Sending of Ground Forces Into Syria

UAE Says It's Prepared to Send Ground Forces to Syria -- AP
UAE says ready to send ground troops to Syria -- Reuters
UAE says it is ready to send ground troops to Syria -- Al Jazeera
In Saudi Arabia’s Footsteps: UAE Poised to Send Ground Troops to Syria -- Sputnik
UAE joins chorus of Arab monarchies ready to invade Syria -- RT

6 comments:

jimbrown said...

All the ground troops that can fit in one mercedes s600.

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Anonymous said...

Are these guys insane?? Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar are getting spanked in Yemen and they want to join this circus. If they get involved, that massive Sunni/Shiite war will be inevitable since it will be a matter of time before Hezbollah kills some Daesh supporting UAE soldiers. All bets are off then.

Anonymous said...

JB, harsh!

Si-vis-pasen- said...

Saudi Arabia and the UAE should operate their air force inside of the Russian s400 missile defense .

Anonymous said...

Laser arrays are needed as an adjunct to kinetic solutions, and the decoying against S400 and all ICBM scenarios. It would be interesting to sacrifice a drone rigged Qatari top flight jet to the rigors of the S400 for R&D purposes.